| Hey girls, do you hate men?
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| Do you hate the earth?
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| Well I still see tenderness in your face
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| And innocence straight from infant days
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| And there must be tenderness deep inside
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| You’re so cold, but it shows
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| You told me about school
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| I only want to know about you
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| And it hurts me now
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| And it scares me now
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| And now you know
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| But if you care about me
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| (tell me now)
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| If I’m better than the wall
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| (tell me now)
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| And if it’s important when I touch your hand
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| Then you’d better
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| Tell me now
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| Well
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| Now, i’ve just read some writers
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| From the old days
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| Because I knew, I knew that they’d understand
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| Because dignity, dignity and tenderness should apply
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| To modern romance
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| So i don’t wanna know, I’m just not interested in you’re school
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| So i don’t wanna know, I don’t wanna hear about you’re stupid cats
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| (or you’re homework)
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| Just talk about love, or sex, or starving hearts, or just shut up
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| And I’ll go
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| But
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| If you care about me
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| (tell me now)
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| If I’m better than the wall
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| (tell me now)
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| And if it’s important when I touch you’re hand
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| (tell me now)
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| And if it’s important when I come to you’re kitchen
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| When it’s late at night
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| And when it’s cold at night
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| When it’s dark outside
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| When it’s cold outside
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| I wanna know if it’s important when I touch your hand
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| When you’re all alone
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| (tell me now)
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| If you really want to talk to me
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| (tell me now)
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| And if you’re lookin for a lover
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| (tell me now)
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| I mean, if you need a lover
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| (tell me now)
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| If you’re ready to be honest with a lover
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| (tell me now)
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| If it’s important when you’re alone at night
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| And when it’s cold at night and when it’s dark at night
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| When it’s cold outside when it’s sad outside
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| And when I’m sad outside, by the streetlight
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| By your house and near your kitchen door
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| I’m stumped because I’m scared
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| Because I’m sad
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| Because it’s cold at night
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| Because it’s dark at night
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| And I’m alone at night
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| I’m so sad and I’m so scared
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| And I want to know, if you’ll tell me
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| If you care about me
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| Then if you care about yourself
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| And if you’ll stop taking drugs
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| And if you’ll stop bein so hard
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| And if you’ll stop being hard to talk to
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| And if you’ll let me come inside
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| And I can talk to you
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| When it’s dark at night
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| And when it’s sad at night
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| And alone at night
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| I don’t want to be alone at night
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| (tell me now)
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| I don’t want to be sad at night
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| (tell me now)
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| I want to help you
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| When it’s cold outside
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| When you’re all around
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| When it’s sad outside
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| I want you to tell me now
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| I can’t wait another day
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| You gotta hurry
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| I can’t wait another minute
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| It’s now or never
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| It’s now or never
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| You gotta tell
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| You gotta tell
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| You can’t hide
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| Or take drugs
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| Or cigarettes
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| Or dark outside
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| Or cats
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| Or these other things that you use
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| So I can’t see you clear
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| I want to see you clear
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| I want to talk to you now
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| You’ve got to be honest now
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| You’ve got to tell me now
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| If you care about me
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| Tell me now
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| Wait a minute
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| Wait a minute
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| I want to say, I want to say somethin else now
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| Wait a minute
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| I want to show you that I understand you now
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| (this is the guy talkin to the girlfriend)
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| He’s gonna show you, he’s gonna show you that he understands the deepest
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| darkest parts
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| When he says …
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| He says I know how beautiful death is
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| And I know why you hate life
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| But I’m just a tender soul
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| So be glad you know
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| I want to tell ya
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| That all men are just tender souls
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| And be glad that you know |